Needle-threader.



PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

W. CURRIER.

NEEDLE THREADER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2s, 1904.

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WILLIAM GURRIER, OF CHEETHAM, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

NEEDLE-THREADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application iiled January 23, 1904. Serial No. 190,331.

1o @ZZ whom, it puny colwcrn' Be it known that I,WILLIAM CURRIER, asubject ot the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident ofCheetham, Manchester, England, have invented an Improved Needle-Threader, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and cheap form ofneedle-threader; and it consists of a device comprising a central fixedneedle-like part or threader' fixed at one end to a wooden or othersuitable handle and at the other end formed with a very small hook, alsoof a pair of guide-arms, one lying on each side ot' the said threaderand secured to the said handle, all being iixed.

To thread a needle, the user passes the needle over the threader, thenhooks the thread below the hook thereon, and then withdraws the needlefrom the threader. In so doing the needle is guided on the thread, andafter disengaging the thread from the hook of the f threader the needleis ready 'for use.

Upon the accompanying drawings, Figure l illustrates a side view of theimproved threader, while Fig. 2 illustrates its use in threading anordinary needle, and Fig. 3 illustrates its use in threading amachine-needle. Fig. 4 illustrates a magnified view of the end of thethreader.

o is the handle, which in the example shown is of bone, ivory. wood, &c.bis the threader, which is of steel, secured to the said handle at oneend and formed at its other and working end to the special shape shownin Fig. 4. As Will be seen, the point of the hook cis turned back towardthe stem part, and the width of the threader at that point is the sameas the stem, so as to permit oi' the ready passing otf of the needleswithout catching the hook. The said hooked end of the threader isiattened or made as thin as possible, so as to readily enter the ovaleye of the needle and produce the most effective form of hook forengaging the thread.

Z ZX are the guides, also secured to the handle a and each terminatingin a small scroll or otherwise neatly finished ott', so as not to beliable to get entangled with other objects and Vto protect the lingersin using the threader. The guide (l is slightly longer than the threaderand the guide ZX slightly shorter. n The guide Z is also adapted to lieat its free end close to the hook of the threader, (see Fig. 1,) so thaton a needle requiring to be passed onto the threader and being placedagainst the guide and moving it toward the threader the guide serves todirect the needle against and over the hook ot' the threader, as shownin Fig. 2. The hook c turns upward. Hence when the needle is on thethreader the guides CZ ZX also serve to help in keeping the thread inposition when placed across the threader and help to direct it intoengagement with the hook. Upon the needle being drawn ofil the threaderand over the hooked th read it becomes threaded, the thread then onlyrequiring to be disconnected from the hook. The guides (Z ZX are bypreference flexible, so that, if desired, they may be adjusted closer toor farther away from the threader to suit the requirements of the user.Besides the guides serving the purposes aforesaid the diti'erence intheir length enables the user to know how to hold the threader to insureof the hook being upward, and with blind people this is of greatimportance. The guides also serve to protect the threader from damage.

In Fig. 3 I show how the threader is used for threading a sewing-machineneedle, the guide CZ being held against the needle c, and then by beingmoved down with the threader pressing against the needle serving toreadily direct the threader through the needle when it reaches the eye,as shown by dotted lines.

What I claim is- A needle-threader consisting of a handle part, asteel-wire member secured at one end to the handle and at the other endflattened and formed as a hook, which turns inward and lies within thecircumference of the wire and two flexible flat metal strips secured tothe handle, one on each side of the wire member and one longer and theother shorter than the said member and both strips coiled at their freeextremity the-plane of the coils being at right angles to that of theattened end of the wire, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM CURRIER.

Witnesses:

NVALTER GUNN,

WILLIAM EAsTwooD.

